Joy of Life: The melon-eating prince sees through Fan Xian's fake death

Chapter 34 Loyal and Honest Li Chengqian

Li Chengqian was not in a hurry to leave. He returned to Baoyue Tower:
"Where is Yuan Meng? Has anyone among you seen Yuan Meng?"

The courtesans in the building were all hiding in the corner, trembling with fear. Originally, they were interested in trying to please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but now, after smelling the blood in the whole building and the murderous aura coming from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, no one dared to approach.

Li Chengqian was in a critical situation just now and had no time to react, so he immediately rushed downstairs to rescue Fan Ruoruo. All the expert guards hiding in the building thought that there was an assassin, so they followed the prince out of the building.

This ignores Yuan Meng, the spy planted by Hongcheng and the Second Prince in Baoyue Tower.
"Yuan Meng ran away!"

Sang Wenzheng blocked the door of a private room and shouted at Li Chengqian, "Your Highness, come quickly. Yuan Meng's daughter in Baoyue Tower didn't have time to escape. I trapped her in the room!"

Li Chengqian thought that this girl was really smart. He only gave her one instruction, but she never forgot her mission from beginning to end. He hurried over and opened the door to see:
The courtesan who had brought the aphrodisiac wine to Li Chengqian had committed suicide by taking poison, vomiting a pool of black water.
Sang Wen hid behind the door timidly and whispered:

"Your Highness, I tried my best to keep Yuan Meng, but she scratched me and took advantage of the chaos to escape through the back door. I didn't have enough strength to break open her daughter's door, and no one dared to help me when I called for help."

As she spoke, Sang Wen showed her fair arms, which had several shocking scratches on them.

Li Chengqian asked the maid to fetch the precious ointment used in the palace and applied it to her personally. Sang Wen blushed when their skin touched:

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Sangwen."

"It's not hard to work for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Sang Wen's white and tender arms were taken good care of by the prince in public. Feeling the envious eyes of her "sisters", her pretty face became hot with pride.

"I have two choices. I will give you a lifetime of peace and wealth, or I will give you the opportunity to continue working for me. Which one do you choose?"

"I choose the latter."

"it is good."

Li Chengqian stuffed the ointment into Sang Wen's hand and said:

"You will stay in Baoyue Tower and manage and monitor everything in the building for me. Report any unusual movements in a timely manner. And next, I need you to cooperate with me to make some changes to Baoyue Tower to deal with possible dangers in the future."

"it is good!"

After conquering Miss Sang Wen, Li Chengqian did not choose to stay in Baoyue Tower, but returned to Yannian Palace and hugged his precious Qingzhu:

"Qingzhu, what's wrong with you?"

"Your Highness, I'm afraid."

Qingzhu curled up in Li Chengqian's arms, her delicate body trembling. In her mind flashed the scene of the assassin attacking, and the prince jumping down from such a high Baoyue Tower. This was very dangerous and terrifying in the eyes of ordinary people.
"I'm very good."

Li Chengqian hugged Qingzhu's waist and placed his other hand on her thigh, which was as round and smooth as a jade onion, stroking it gently, comforting her emotions: "What are you afraid of, huh? Speak."

Qingzhu put her pretty face against the prince's chest and said in a whisper:

"I am afraid that when Your Highness is in the most dangerous time, I will not be able to protect you by your side."

What a sweet little mouth.

Let me try it.

Li Chengqian took a sip and rubbed the green bamboo into his body more vigorously:

"I know you're a little sad because I don't want you to practice martial arts. Don't worry, I'll let Luan Hongyu teach you martial arts tomorrow, and you can monitor her every move."

Qingzhu said "hmm", nodded vigorously, raised her pretty face and looked at the prince, her beautiful eyes full of admiration:

"Your Highness, you were truly a heroic figure when you risked your life to save the Crown Princess!"

Li Chengqian smiled, turned over and pressed Qingzhu under him:

"Then I'll show you what it means to be handsome and heroic."

Spring night all night long.

It was too late, and when Li Chengqian woke up the next day, it was almost noon. The person next to him was lying on his chest with a rosy face.

Li Chengqian tucked her bangs behind her ears. Seeing her cute little mouth talking in her sleep, the little brother wanted to attack her again.

Until Jiang Ziyan came to the bedroom cautiously and said in a low voice:

"Your Highness, are you going to get up?" Li Chengqian was a little wary of this innocent and cute little girl who might actually be Emperor Qing's spy:
"What's wrong? You usually don't help me wash and change clothes, but today the sun is rising from the west?"

Jiang Ziyan heard that the Crown Prince was making fun of her lazy habit, and her legs softened and fell to the ground in fear:

"Your Highness, I deserve to die, but I have something important to report."

"You look so scared. Don't be impatient. Talk slowly."

"Your Majesty, please go to the Imperial Study when you wake up."

Li Chengqian immediately turned over and got out of bed, scaring Qingzhu awake: "Why the hell didn't you say so earlier?"

"His Majesty has ordered that His Majesty not be called to wake you up, the Crown Prince, so he can see when you will come to find him."

Oops!

This is to see what time I get up, whether I have lost control again. Li Chengqian flicked the girl's head, "I'll deal with you when I come back."

Jiang Ziyan:
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Royal study room.

Li Chengqian came running frantically and calmed down in front of the hall, but his face was still flushed from the exercise.

Emperor Qing was casually flipping through the memorials. When he saw Li Chengqian coming, he jokingly said, "What do you think of Li Chengqian?"

"You look pretty strong, and your complexion is quite rosy. It seems you have been practicing well."

Li Chengqian lowered his head and said, "I am grateful for your reward, Your Majesty. This has enabled me to achieve some success in martial arts. Now that I am strong and healthy, I can go through fire and water for Your Majesty."

"Come on."

Emperor Qing impatiently called for a halt: "You have just made some progress in your cultivation, but you have been doing nothing all day and even went to Baoyue Tower."

Li Chengqian bowed his head and said, "I know I was wrong. I will not go there anymore."

"Am I criticizing you?"

Emperor Qing stood up from the couch, which was rare, and walked to Li Chengqian: "I know what you are thinking, you want to dampen the second brother's enthusiasm, but why did you give up this opportunity and save the daughter of the Fan family?"

Li Chengqian's CPU was working frantically: "That, that's because she is the future Crown Princess. I have admired her for a long time. In a hurry, I prioritized saving her life!"

"Oh?"

Emperor Qing patted Li Chengqian on the shoulder and praised him with a smile:
"It seems that my son is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty. Not bad. You saved the life of the daughter of the Fan family. It seems that the Fan Jian family will regard you as their savior in the future. That will really add icing on the cake for this marriage."

Li Chengqian knelt down with a plop and explained in panic, "Your Majesty! I would never dare to form a clique for personal gain. Everything I said and did was out of necessity. I have no intention of using my kindness to coerce the Fan family!"

Emperor Qing leaned down and looked down at the prince: "I, can I trust you?"

"can!"

Li Chengqian raised his head and looked at Emperor Qing with a loyal and determined look:
"I am your Majesty's subject, and I am a subject of Qing. Everything I do is for your Majesty's consideration and for Qing. Fan Ruoruo is the pillar of Qing and Fan Xian's Achilles' heel. I saved her and kept her by my side only because I wanted Fan Xian to serve your Majesty and make more achievements for Qing. I have absolutely no selfish desires!"

Emperor Qing did not answer. He stared at the prince for a few seconds, looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze, as if he wanted to see through his pupils and see everything about him:
"Fan Ruoruo is the daughter of Minister of Revenue Fan Jian. If you don't lend a helping hand and let her be killed by an assassin, do you understand the significance of this matter?"

Li Chengqian's pupils instantly dilated, cold sweat broke out all over his body, and his scalp pressed against the floor:

"Son, I don't understand!"

"Let me think about it. Do you really not understand, or are you pretending not to understand?"

"Deceiving the emperor is a capital crime. I will never deceive the emperor. I really don't understand!"

Li Chengqian was already sweating profusely. He knelt on the ground and waited for a long time before he heard Emperor Qing's laughter:

"Get up, Li Chengqian. You are a kind and righteous person. It is better for you not to understand."

Are you laughing at Ni Ma?
I'm scared to death!
Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief and stood up staggeringly, his legs trembling slightly.

Emperor Qing glanced at him unhappily and said, "Stop pretending. I won't punish you, but I will reward you with this calligraphy."

Li Chengqian stepped forward to accept the emperor's grace and unfolded the calligraphy, on which were written four big characters: Loyal and honest!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

　Chapter 3 is finished
　　
　
(End of this chapter)